North Central Thames Foundation School
Individual Placement Description - University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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F1 Acute Medicine
8 F1s in four firms of 2 F1s each (supported in each firm by 4 CMT/ACCS trainees, 1 registrar and 1
consultant physician)
The overall educational objectives are to provide the trainee with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to be
able to:
 Take a history and examine a patient at a postgraduate level
 Assess patients presenting to an unselected acute medical take, and learn to manage medical
emergencies
 Identify and synthesise diagnostic and management problems
 Prescribe safely
 Keep an accurate and relevant medical record
 Manage time and clinical priorities effectively
 Communicate effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues within a multidisciplinary working
environment
 Use evidence, guidelines and audit to benefit patient care
 Participate in audit and quality improvement projects
 Act in a professional manner at all times
 Cope with ethical and legal issues which occur during the management of patients with general
medical problems, and be supported in professional development in these areas
 Educate patients effectively
 Become life-long learners and teachers
University College London Hospital
Dr Hasford, Dr Gothard, Dr Bond, Dr Sofat, Dr Gaston
 Duties include clerking patients and initiating their investigation and treatment with supervision on
the Acute Medical take
 Ward cover for the Acute Admissions Unit
 Ward rounds with the Cardiology and Head Injury teams
 Cover of the inpatient medical wards as part of the Hospital At Night Team
 Participation in the Cardiac Arrest team
 Effective liaison with the hospital multidisciplinary team and primary care
 Participation in department audit, quality improvement and clinical governance.
The F1 working pattern follows at 4 – week cycle:
Week 1 Mon – Fri: Annual leave/zero days
Week 2 Sat – Sun: Acute take, and Acute Medical Unit ward cover; 0900 – 2200
Mon – Fri: Acute Medical Unit ward cover (including Cardiology and Head Injury rounds), 0900 – 1800
Week 3 Mon – Fri: Acute take, 1300 – 2200
Week 4 Mon to Thu OR Fri-Sun: Acute take, Hospital at Night, 2100 – 0900
Teaching: Weekly teaching is available at the following times:
 Tuesday 1230 – 1330 Morning Report
 Wednesday 1300 – 1400: Grand Round
 Thursday 1300 – 1400: AAU clinical teaching
 Friday 1300 – 1400: Clinical governance
In addition, every month there is mandatory F1 teaching provided as a single 3 hour session one morning.
This is protected time, and bleep free.
Leave:
Annual leave is built into the rota. Study leave is not available at F1 level, although it may be possible to
make ad hoc provisions for attendances at conferences if the trainee is presenting an abstract or these
can be demonstrated of high educational value.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH), situated in the West End of London,
is one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom and provides first class acute and specialist
services both locally and to patients from throughout the UK and abroad.
The new state-of-the-art University College Hospital which opened in 2005, is the focal point of the Trust
and is the workplace for this post. UCLH was one of the first trusts to gain foundation status.
The Trust has an international reputation and a tradition of innovation. Our excellence in research and
development was recognised in December 2006 when it was announced that, in partnership with
University College London (UCL), we would be one of the country’s five comprehensive biomedical
research centres.
Alongside our relationship with the world leading UCL and Royal Free medical school, we enjoy close links
with London South Bank and City universities offering the very best in training and education.
It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject to
change.